For these pages, I built up layers of marks with my Gelli plates, stencils and acrylic paints. I chose stencils that contained both marks and text. Monoprinting layers of prints directly onto my art journal pages creates a unique and rich surface – an effect I know no other way of achieving.

Below are details of my pages:

Adding paint pen marks embellished shapes…

Inspired by the prompt Surviving the Elements, I wrote in black and white ink about my grandmother and all of the elements that she has survived in her lifetime.